Arvind

Michael Owen fan. Tweets are personal. Retweets are something that interests me.

[Haji Nizamuddin Abbasi @HajiNizamuddin3]

पूरे भारत में तमिलनाड् पहला राज्य है जहां मुख्यमंत्री, मंत्रियों और विधायकों के बच्चे सरकारी स्कूल में दाखिला ले रहे हैं।

सरकार द्वारा यह अच्छी पहल है इससे स्कूल की शिक्षा गुणवत्ता में वृद्धि होगी ।

साथ ही सरकारी स्कूलों के प्रति नजरिया आम जनता का बदलेगा,

और वे भी अपने बच्चों को सरकारी स्क्लों में दाखिला कराने में झिझक महसू्स नहीं करेंगें।

सरकारी स्कूलों में विधायकों ,मंत्रिओं के बच्चे पढेंगे तभी तो टीचर पढ़ाई पर ध्यान देंगे

अब सरकारी स्कूल में पढ़ने वाले बच्चों का भविष्य सुधर जाएगा।

[Suhasini Haidar @suhasinih]

Strange enough that Republic is misspelt in the citation seal, but Seychelles being misspelt is a really unusual lapse for a country to make on its own national honour document

[Grouchy Maxx @softgrowl]

15 month old baby doing puja daily

We knew he was a crap actor
Now he’s proven he’s a crap liar too

[ParanjoyGuhaThakurta @paranjoygt]

The Telegraph editor’s passport not being renewed in Kolkata

Note from R. Rajagopal
Former Editor, The Telegraph
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In March this year, my name was deleted from the Ballygunge constituency electoral roll in Kolkata, apparently because the Special Intensive Revision process could not trace either my name or that of my late father in the 2002 voters' list. My father, a Gandhian, retired professor and former State Secretary of the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi in Kerala, passed away in 2016. I remain unable to understand how a conscientious voter like him could have been absent from the rolls.

Like nearly 27 lakh other residents of West Bengal, I was excluded on account of what were described as “logical discrepancies”. No reason was furnished even after I submitted my matriculation certificate, and my appeal is now pending before one of the tribunals constituted pursuant to the Supreme Court's directions. As a consequence, I was unable to vote in the recent election.

More distressing has been the fate of my passport renewal application. Although I completed the biometric formalities on March 19, 2026, police verification has not been cleared because my name no longer appears on the electoral roll. Despite submitting several alternative documents, I have been informed that they are insufficient. In fact, today (June 27, 2026) is the 100th day since my biometrics for passport renewal were taken. I was formally informed last week by the passport-issuing authority that Kolkata Police sent an adverse report, citing the deletion of my name from the voters' list. I have been asked to appear before the Regional Passport Office in Calcutta "immediately" but when I sought an appointment, without which it is difficult to gain entry, the date granted is July 17, 2026.

In between, our daughter, a journalist in California, got married in San Francisco on April 17. Needless to say, it would have been impossible for me to attend the wedding in the absence of an active passport, notwithstanding my possession of a valid ten-year US visa.

For all practical purposes, I find myself in a state of civic uncertainty although recently the government iterated that a passport is no proof of citizenship. Much of my time is now consumed by efforts to reconstruct family records and secure documents dating back several decades….

My days begin with checking my voting right appeal status and then the passport tracker. Then I write to the college where my mother taught in 1965 and to her school from where she passed out in 1959, asking for any document that proves she existed. The school has been very helpful but not the college. Similarly, I speak to prohibition campaign activists in Kerala, running down a list I collected after coming across an activist's name in a group by chance, asking for any news clipping or photographs that show my father campaigning against illegal liquor vends and communalism.

Some close friends and public figures have helped me in all these efforts. However, I am unaware if any media outlet or journalists' association or guild (of which I am not a member) has shown any interest in my situation. A senior journalist reminded me that this situation is by no means unique as "rejection" has been the daily certainty confronting millions of Indians for centuries. I accept that point.

My intention has never been to project myself as a victim. Rather, I have wanted to underline a larger point: if someone who spent his professional life in journalism and edited a relatively known newspaper can encounter such difficulties, one can only imagine what the truly marginalised must endure. Did I approach any newspaper? No, because I do not want it to become an issue concerning me. Do editors and journalists know about my issue? Of course, several do. If they don't, they should not be in the profession, don't you think?

Yet, the complete silence of newspapers on this issue has confirmed my suspicion, now reinforced with personal experience, that so-called mainstream journalism has little to do with my life. I do not "read" any newspaper now. I glance at some but hardly find anything that piques my interest.

[Roshan Rai @RoshanKrRaii]

This is the most powerful 2 minutes you will watch today.

Shekhar Suman in a satire show is doing 10x more than the entire Indian Mainstream media did combined in the last 11 years.

Must Watch 👏

[Santosh Yadav, Ph.D. @sky_phd]

ये कितने झूठे लोग हैं। संसद में पूरे देश के सामने झूठ बोला कि ऑपरेशन सिंदूर में एक भी जवान हताहत नहीं हुआ। अब तेरह महीने बाद बताया जा रहा है कि छह जवान शहीद हुए।

विपक्ष को अगले सत्र में राजनाथ सिंह के ख़िलाफ़ विशेषाधिकार हनन (Privilege Motion) का प्रस्ताव लाना चाहिए।

[Congress Kerala @INCKerala]

Just one of the many ways Modi's 'Na Khaunga Na Khane Dunga' slogan works. It's no different from PMO, which has PM HAIRS for such "reforms."

[Tiffany Fong @TiffanyFong]

Is this true boys?

[PunsterX @PunsterX]

This is brilliant! 🔥

Inspired by Nitin Gadkari, dairy farmers in Jaipur have introduced M0, M50 and M100 milk.

M100 milk is best for health and can even be consumed by lactose intolerant people. Because it is pure water! 🤣

[Karnataka Portfolio @karnatakaportf]

1st glimpse of blue line metro arrived at Baiyappanahalli Depot

In some good news for Metro passengers, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) has begun preparations to open another much-awaited 19-km-long Blue Line route from Silk Board to KR Pura. The trial runs likely to begin this October.
The route includes 13 stationsCentral Silk Board, HSR Layout, agara, Bellandur, Ibbalur, Kadubeesanahalli, Marathahalli, ISRO, Doddanekkundi, and KR Pura. The route is likely to be opened for Metro traffic by the end of December
#bangalore #bengaluru #bmrcl #nammametro @OfficialBMRCL
@Lolita_TNIE @ChristinMP_

[Vicky Pedia @Vickypedia_007]

Tapa Tapa Tapa paaani aaaavo hai

[ANI @ANI]

#WATCH | Bengaluru, Karnataka: BJP MP Tejasvi Surya, in his tweet, slams Congress for holding a mega rally in Bengaluru on NEET exam day, alleging it caused massive traffic disruptions and panicked students.

Reacting to this, Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge says, "Surya should first come out and apologise for what the central government has been doing to the students... if the Congress government has to be blamed here for three students not writing NEET, then in Delhi, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh also, people missed it, so their state governments are responsible... a total of 3 people were not able to write the NEET exam in Bangalore... One came late from Magadi Road, one came up with an old exam ticket, and the other came late from RT Nagar... at 11:00 a.m., the gates are supposed to open. At 1:30 p.m., you are supposed to report. There are biometrics and standard operating procedures. The Govt of Karnataka has issued a traffic advisory and a helpline. Show me which BJP government has done this."

He adds, "Bangalore always has a huge mobility problem. That is a known fact. That is why we have issued a traffic advisory. You should blame us if we had not issued a traffic advisory or if we had been lazing around. We have issued a traffic advisory, and there is a dedicated helpline, and thousands of people have written the exam. Yes, even one person missing out is a bad thing. It's unfortunate. But how can I be held responsible for a student who has not taken the right hall ticket? Can I be held responsible for one of the students who did not take the right bus from Magadi? Whatever it is, we are sympathetic. But if you want to play politics, we are ready for that also. First, you apologise for the leaks. First, you make the NTA chairperson and Dharmendra Pradhan resign. Then you come and talk to me."

[Paul Koshy @Paul_Koshy]

Spot on @sabeer

[Arvind @adoor666]

@rameshsrivats Sad

[Varun Guru @iamvarunguru]

This is Anagha Rajesh.

And she is crazy.

She wants to store data in bacterial DNA.

Her startup is called BioCompute.

And last year, they actually did it.

They stored data in DNA and retrieved it in their tiny lab in Bengaluru.

This is a huge moment.

But why is she even doing it?

Because DNA is the ultimate storage tool available to us.

Just 1 gm of DNA can store about 215 petabytes of data - that's like storing over 2 million movies in 4K.

On top of that - this data can last for literally 1000s of years.

Right now, they still need to figure out a way to make the reading and writing process faster and cheaper.

But if BioCompute solves this problem - we could theoretically store all the data created in the world every year in the palm of our hands.

And that would be insane.

P.S. Check out this video from @vy0mbhatia going to Anagha's lab and actually doing it.

[Alceste @MaitreAlceste]

C’est le spectacle de fin d’année de l’école de ton enfant.

Toute sa classe joue Roméo et Juliette, mais ton con de gosse joue l’arbre.

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

When you’re feeling sad, remember your C6 vertebra; it’s happy to support your head every single day. 😂

[El Club del Arte 🎨📷📚🖼🕍🎼 @Arteymas_]

Cuando las cosas suceden en el momento perfecto…

[حمد نيويورك @i_7md]

تدفع ٤٠٠٠ الف على التذكره ويصير كرسيّك جنب هذا… كارثه لا يمديك تغير كرسيك ولا يمديك تجلده ولا يمديك ترجع فلوسك.

[Shivani @meme_ki_diwani]

😭😭